WITH the weekend finally here and the weather heating up, if you want to ensure your garden is guest-ready, you’ve come to ...

SLUGS – five letters to spread a chill down any gardener’s spine. Slimy, tenacious and all consuming, they can cause absolute ...

Alan highlights that hellebores are rarely ever eaten by slugs, suggesting that they may, in fact, be toxic to the pests. He ...

Much like the electric fences used for large mammals like horses or cows, this fence is designed to deter, but not kill slugs and snails. The design is incredibly simple – two bare wires are ...

Mixing garlic and water in a spray bottle acts as a strong repellent for slugs and snails. When applying this method, use ...

His team, however, were amazed to find that while they were not effective against the frogs, they did kill slugs and snails. To test the effectiveness of caffeine solutions against large slugs ...

Thankfully, adding a bit of foil to your plants won’t kill off any all-important pollinators – it’ll just inhibit some slugs and other unwanted garden guests. “Reflective mulches repel ...

Routley said the slugs are most active around 1 a.m. and have ... “The only way to stop them is to kill them all.” Yeung said the key to combatting the rise in rat lungworm disease is ...

Only health worker Mike Brady has a possible solution, but his theory of killer slugs is laughed at by the authorities. Only when the body count begins to rise and a slug expert from England ...

Natural Methods to Get Rid of Slugs Remove Slugs by Hand. To get started, put on a pair of gloves and get a bucket of soapy water. Head out to your garden in the early morning or ...